Portable ironing board



- July 21, 1926.

H. P. KlRsH PORTABLE IRONINGr BOARD Filed May 9, 1925 f1.' UK insia cui flmmeqf 1 I 1 wenn relaas a, irrfablfirei-. `aiguooare adapceato beaamt-euro a aina,

Patented July j flHenmannumeri,1,on(uwriuaiacroum;fsoirnrnmandria."f= l 'l 41"?oIvrAjz'ai511inonfrING? n'oann, l, j

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an1 ironing "board ofitliis t'z'laracter` thaty yhas a comfortable heightjforyir'oning, and which n may vloe easily detachefdffand' foldedvito a v compact which Willeke. 11p vfrlftle i roonifand y'may be' conveniently stored'A away 1na closet.' f

y Another object' invention lis tio4 pro-- vide an "auxiliaryI board detachably-f'securedl above.- the mainboard and 'adapted Lfor use in',y ironing Vsmall'articles and sleeves on gar ,mente .in use, this auxiliary board is'. detached' from the 'main jboa fito instead ofi-terne" Hush-wah therefrom of kthetalole top, Vfeatureraises. the board' two orthreeY i'clflfe's abovetleordinary ironfr ing board so that, for instance, with a table thirty inches high, the top 'of the board will be thirty-one inches instead vof twenty-nine inches or less which is entirely too loW for comfortableA use.

Another object ofthe invention is to pro-. `vide a very simple construction for connect! ing the auxiliary board with the main board,

`and this' isaccomplished through the intermediary of the upper lend ofthe supporting leg for the board land consists simply of a: j dowel pin on the under side of the auxiliary board slippingl ,into a slot formed l1in vthe head portion of the leg. Y'

In the accompanvingydrawing, oney em-r boiment ofthe invention is illustrated; an Y Figure 1 board 12. vThe mainboard is long and nar-k` row. preferably tapering at its'free end and providedat itsopposite end'with apairpof l `cleats 13 rigidly, secured to theundervside is a side elevationfand partial' section of the ironing board erected againstr1 s a perspectiva-view of the is a fragmentary bottoni plan j l 'longitudinally in the main l. board 1Q from the' `niner rorl y supporting end thereof; The cleats:` project `slightly -lbeyond the edge ,p1-5

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'16 'and the jaws j are)l accordingly lmr'a'lobeted as at 17.#tovia depth which approximately corresponds to the thickness o`f the ,table top tion voftlle jaws' beyond' the yledge 15`l l In v.this'rnannen the' top of the shel'flor tablev I8 iis adapted '5to slpjnloetvreen the mainboard A t Jtofwhich Elige board isftote fauaeheuandto y i la length Vvvhidh exceeds the proj ecting portion along the under side of the main board 10, as indicated said figure.`

j. dot and dash lines in"l The ieg. 11h55 @enlarged head eo 'at its upper end, which is intended v-to project loeyondth'e top sur'fa'ce'ofthe mainboard 10` v lwhen "the ironingiboard is .set up` for use.`

This head has a flat top surface 21 extending parallelMWithY-the top surface of the. main Vboard 10 as indicated. The under side ofthe f y i head'2Ohas'a :nose 22, which has also yailat y surface extending parallel with the topsur-,` n

face 21.]'Theforwar`d edgei23 of the head4 extends perpendicular to theltop surface-21 and the bottom surface 22, vand has nearvits `upp'er'end, a narrow' slot24 Which'is also` j parallel tothe top surface 21, and the purpose of which willvbe described later.

held apart by Ineans of a pin27 at the lower msl .'In thepreferred forni` of the ldevice the i lowerfhalf of the leg 11 A,is split as at' 25,

ythus furnishing a pair of rstraddled feet 264 end thereof. kAt the junction of these feet,

a reinforcing rivet 2,84 is provided in order to prevent the splitting of the leg above'thlsy point. By spreading the feet26, as lindicat-y ed in Figure, va firmer support of the table isobtained against the `floor upon which; the` leg is resting; i

-The auxiliary lboard' 12 isisubstantially of .lm v

vthe same contouras the mainboard 10 but much shorter and narrower than'the-latter.,` f

@Onthe'under 'side'of the auxiliary board and I' at its inner end, two parallel blocks 29 are secured ruiming in the longitudinal direction of the board. The width ofthe s-pace between theseblocks is approximately the same as the thickness ofthe head 2O or the width of the slot 14 in the main board. Ex-4 tending transversely through these blocks .is a dowel pin permanently secured inthe blocks and adapted to engage in the 'slot 24 provided in the head 20, as best seen in Figure 1. The relative positions of the parts are such that a comparatively tight fit is obtained between the auxiliary board 12 and the head 2*() `with the dowel at the bottom ofthe slot 24. ary board rests the head. n p

Zhen the ironing board is stored away, the auxiliary table or board 12 is detached therefrom and the supporting leg 11 folded The underside of theauxilionthe flat top surface 21 of under the main board 10, as indicated in dot and dash lines. n

To erect the ironing board, the feet 26 of the 'leg 11 are swung away from the. main board sufficiently to permit its ysliding' over the edge of the table 18 or a shelf, so that the main board l0 rests on the top thereof, while the jaws 16 grip the under side of the table top 18. The connection between the mainboard and the table is sufficient to support the board freely,x but in order not to strain the samotoo much, vthe lsupporting leg 11 is now swung so that the nose 22 of its head 20 rests on top ofthe ytable 18, while the feet 26 contact with the floor. This gives a very firm support to the main board not only in the vertical direction, but also in longitudinal and transverse directions of the board.

When the sleeve or auxiliary board 12 is needed, it is slipped over the head 20 along the top Isurface 21 thereof until the dowel pin 30 engages in the bottom ofthe slot 24, after which the outer end of the auxiliary board 12is suspended freely overv a portion of the main board, as seenin Figure* 1.

Having thus described the invention, what' is claimed as new is In a device of the character' described, support having a flat upper edge face andA a vertical edge face, the upper end portion of said support being formed with a slot leading from its vertical edge face, ra board removably resting upon theflatupper edge face of said support, depending cleats carried by said board in spaced relation transversely thereof for engaging oppositeY sides of said support, and alpin' vcarried by said cleats andA extending betweenl the same for fitting into said-,slotfwhenthe board is mounted upon the upper end of said. support. Y In testimony whereof I affix my'signature. 

